The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-02-17
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eFFftorial Affairs.
Special Co .r.spondeaee.

Special CO, rrsspondence. = ..'
Bismarck, Dak., Feb. 6, 1887.
The dq n dfWar. will be turned ioose
again in 4 tsV:days. A large. lobby r
here from Mitchell to resnsoitate the u
court reHASyA bill which passed the the
hsnds commIssee! a'a&oefns Hgo1e N the the
.Mitchellitea en the ground Is Ex-chief
Justice Edgerten yh9 says he Aas come
st sots so 2ss sos Rs @.n DC1b %bc
wants XnttS g gee x. lae,E ths CSurt renewed trom
a bill ID now before: the Council pro.
viding that married women shall have
all the legal rights as single women and
shall be eatitkd to appear in court IN
II their cir owp name p IN AL: ect'ons affecting
In tact % the lesiglath.re has.tateo b shit,
toward the women Of late, and members
arb vieing with, each, other for popularity
among the calico. A wopaans suffrage
bill will be introduced thin week and vii;
be champloned in tha House by Colone>
Moore of Sully county, and in the Council,
by Mr.. Smith Of Yankton. It will come
very near passing and may becomea a law
The local option temperance bill has
been favorably reported and with sever
al enthusiastic ic champions in the House
will pass that body. 1t provides that
whenever 200 voters of county petition
for special election upon the question
of the sale .of liquor, the commissioners
shall call the election and majority vote
shall decide .
The bill placed before tie house YES.
terday appropris ting $780, 900 for the pur+
chase OF, seed wheat for farmers whose
crops were destroyed by drouth or Storms
last year is looked upon with favor and
should pass. If there is any question
upon which the legislature: should be
generous: it is that of assisting the farm
ers of the territory who have been con-
tending with Intriguing corpbfations.
schemipg usurers and designing elements
during the past, two years;
An effort will he made to pass the bill
enabling person whose relative or friend
has been lost in railroad accident to cue
for primitive damages of ten' thousand
HH HExctISk GOV. Mccormick; he's bro bt+;o5ueh
down upon his head tho wrath of the peo-
pie Of Sioux Falls by tet6jng the bill le
galizine their election Of which thew vot-
ed $50, 900 to the Burlington & Northern
railroad. There are Hnpnerous conflict
ing opinions as to the pJqpriety or legal
sonndness of the veto, and it is not Ger
tain that the House will emulate the ex-
ample of the Council in passing the bill
over the veto. If it does mot then the cit
izens of Sioux Falls who gnsranteed the
bonds must shoulder the burden. :.
The bill for the removal of the: United
States court, from Deadwood to- Sioux
Falls is now before the Council and may
pass. Odds are against its passage, how
ever, as the Judges Of the Supreme Court
now in the city have stated to members
that they are not desirous of removal.
The bill for the location OF the soldier
home at Hotsprings will be taken up
Tuesday, and although It may pass the
House under the urgent demands of the
Black Hills members, ! fear it will new
er. become q law.
| The interest now centere in the ques.
ton of appointments. Governor Church
will return from Huron tomorrow snh
will take the oath of Office Tuesday. On
to-day's train came horde of the pap
hunters and the number now in the city
grasping for place exceeds that of any
previous session in the history of the ter
ritory. = /" Ii
Among those now on the ground are
Abe Boynton of Lennox. L. G. johnson
Of Ordway, Frank Nelson Of Pernbina
Capt. Gripgs Of Grand Forks, and Uoseph
Hare Of Bismarck, all after railroad
cbmmissionership. for which place there
are 600 applicants. Budd Reeve Is strong.
" endorsed for the office of treasurer and
is not here for his health. NJ. H. Day who
made such gallant democratic' run for
Congress lastfall is here on a lively trot
after the territorial authorship and near
~ all agree chat he is entitled'to recogni.
ton. Judge Bennett of Bottineau is a
candidate foi commissioner Of 'immigra.
tion with good support. For attorney
general, Kirk Winsdor of sionx Falls
John R, Wilson of Deadwood, Mai. Nc.
Gindley of Mandan and Judge Pratt ot
Grand Forks are all "leadihg' candidates.
T. IRA SWAIN.